In January, the Authors for Indies team held a face-to-face planning meeting in Toronto. Until then, we had only ever worked as a virtual team and some of us had never met. Thank you to the BCBA for helping to make it happen. We thank the BCBA even more for lending us one of their board members to be on the AFI team.
Sometimes we think we have a great idea that bookstores would love. But first, we always run it by Mary-Ann Yazedjian of the BC Booksellers Association for a reality check. Mary-Ann has been a hard-working member of the Authors for Indies team since the very beginning. We rely on her experience, her contacts within the bookseller community, and her common sense. A lot.